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Missing in action?

I am sorry I haven't posted but I am sick with a terrible sinus infection. It was finally bad enough yesterday that I went to the Dr. for some antibiotics.  Today my head doesn't feel like it will explode but I am yet to be fully recovered.

Here are a few photos from convention until I get back into the workshop.... Hopefully on Monday!

Spicy Cucumber Salad with Peanuts - 1 pt

1 1/2 pounds cucumber, peeled and halved lengthwise
and thinly sliced (about 4 cups)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 tablespoons red onion, minced
1 tablespoon dry-roasted peanuts, choped

Place the cucumber slices in a colander; sprinkle with
salt. Toss well. Drain 1 hour. Place cucumber slices
on several layers of paper towels; cover with
additional paper towels. Let stand 5 minutes, pressing
down occasionally. Rinse and pat dry.
Combine vinegar, water, sugar, and pepper in a small
saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook until
reduced to 1/3 cup (about 10 minutes). Remove vinegar
reduction from heat; cool. Stir in onion. Combine
cucumbers and vinegar reduction in a medium bowl; toss
well. Sprinkle with peanuts.

Yield:  4 servings (serving size: 3/4 cup)

CALORIES 76 (17% from fat); FAT 1.4g (sat 0.2g,mono
0.6g,poly 0.5g); PROTEIN 1.6g; CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg;
CALCIUM 27mg; SODIUM 247mg; FIBER 1.5g; IRON 0.3mg;
CARBOHYDRATE 14.6g

Source: Cooking Light, JUNE 2001
Formatted by Chupa Babi in MC: 08.24.08

Try this Thai-inspired salad with chicken or fish. The
sugar in the dressing balances the heat of the red
pepper. Salting the cucumber slices draws out some of
the moisture, so they're especially crisp in the
salad.

well, typepad is acting up and I can't get more photos to load at this time, so this is it- sorry!

PAY PAL ANNOUNCEMENT

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Great news!!!

I will now be taking CASH pay pal payments for the retired items in the steals and deals photo album!

I won't be able to accept credit cards through pay pal. 

All orders over $100.00 (at one time) may choose one extra stamp set for free.

I must have your postal mailing address so that I can add proper shipping and tracking to your order.

I will pay pal you a request for funds.

I am still working on the credit card option and I will let you know as soon as I have secured a company I am pleased with. Thank you for your patience in this matter!

Scrapbooking Service Project

Lets help this mother with cancer with her wishes..

I have a cyber scrapping friend in another group that leads a Local scrapbooking group that meets every other weekend to scrap and Swap. One of the young members has been struggling with cancer for Over a year.  My cyber friend (Tammey) has heard her remark how she is struggling to get albums done for her very young children so she can leave them something of herself, something to remember her and their childhood by. I am sure we can't imagine her anguish and sense of accomplishment as she finishes a layout.  We have to thank God every moment for all of our blessings.

We are going to make up a bunch of layouts for this gal to Help her get her albums done as she hasn't been scrapping very long And has only recently started swapping in the local group.  Now for my HUGE favor……….

I would like to know if you would be willing to scrap a page or two or more and send to my friend to give to this family.  It is just a RAK nothing in it for yourself except for the gratitude of a family of three small children that is going to loose their Mother way before they should. 

As mentioned she has three small children so anything to do
With kids, holidays, zoos, fairs, etc would be greatly appreciated.
Anything you might find yourself scrapbooking about your own children or grandchildren.  She has one boy about 9, and two girls ages 4 & 6. Her son is in softball, they all love the zoo and swimming. I'm not sure about much else. I know she is struggling to get her Halloween and Christmas layouts done too.

We are making her 12x12 layouts. There are only a small handful of us making layouts and we need to get them to her Sept 16th to give her any time to use them up before she goes in for the big surgery. Neither she nor her doctors are very optimistic for the outcome. We need to start these right away. Because we are not sure how much time we have to work with

Next Thurs Tammey will be going to meet with her and her kids in the park and get some fun new photos for them :) 

Anything would be welcome. Thank you! Her children thank you too.  PLEASE, put this family on your prayer list too

PLEASE, send all replies to Cyndi at: budhi@iocnet.net and she will make sure you have Tammey’s address to mail your layouts too. 

Cyndi Budhi a/k/a Cynthia Budhisetiawan

                        Concord, NC

Allergies

I have come to realize that I am allergic to food.............

I break out in fat...........

Snow Jumbo Wheel

It took me days to design this card! Nothing I was doing looked or felt right.  I am very happy with the results-  what do you think?

Jumbo snow wheel from holiday mini catalog, and the stamp set:  The snowflake spot

C/s: handsome hunter, whisper white, gold

wintergreen designer paper

ink: handsome hunter and gold metallic

hunter green gross grain ribbon

1 1/4 punch, 1 3/8 punch and scallop punch

gold brad and dimensional.  I wanted to make a gold dot in each scallop but my gold/silver zig pen is missing.

Here is version 2 using another of the designer papers from the same pack  

To make this card I used the jumbo snow wheel and wheeled 4 times across a sheet of whisper white cardstock and then I stamped the gold snowflake all over and cut it into 2" wide strips.

It's pretty easy to see that for the scallop snowflake, I stamped the gold snowflake then let it dry and punched it out, punched out the larger gold and then the scallop and layered them with adhesive. I used the 1/16" punch for the hole in the center and added the gold brad.  I put 2 dimensionals under it and popped it on.

 

Its very elegant in person.  Photos never do cards justice.

I have been awarded the "Nice Matters Award!"

My friend Michelle Laycock nominated me for a Nice Matters Award!!  How exciting and how fun!

What is a Nice Matters Award?

This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. It is also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world.
Once you've been awarded please pass it on to others who you feel are deserving of this award."

Now, I am to name 5 bloggers whom I think deserve this award!
1) Jennifer B
2) Merr
3) Lorie Ames
4) Kathie McGuire
5) Lisa Zappa

Thank you Michelle!!!

Featured Artist Sheila Powell!!

I just love to open my mail box! Yesterday this gorgeous card was inside and I had to share it with all of you!

I am so excited to share this card made by my friend Sheila Powell of Mtn Home, Arkansas!

Thank you Sheila for your thoughtfulness!! I love ya and hope we can get together this fall and stamp again!

Patches,  if you are reading this, I need your postal address to send you those stamped images! You haven't responded to my emails. 

RAIN Glorious RAIN!

I am so VERY excited that we are finally receiving RAIN!

yippee!!   It will down pour rushing buckets then taper off, we are so dry that most of it is running off but that is ok, my grass (dry as the sand) is VERY happy and already greening up!  And most of all, I am happy that I wont have to water all week!  hooray~

ok today....   I am sharing a wonderful weight watchers recipe with you, and then I have to take Katie to cheerleader practice, come home make 50 swaps to mail tomorrow then go pick her up and go to town to finish school shopping or come close anyhow depending on the financial status of the day! lol 

I will be sharing my swap card with you as soon as I have it finished, I have the idea in my head but not on paper yet!

You can always take OUT the spicy and just have red beans and rice (Like me)


Warning - this is a spicy recipe.

  Red Beans & Rice w/ Sausage
  POINTS® value | 6
  Servings | 4

Ingredients

1 package Healthy Choice Smoke Sausage (with the Kelbasa)
1/2 cup water
1 15.5oz can Light Red Kidney Beans (drained and rinsed)
1 cup fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 bag Success Rice Boil-in-Bag Brown Rice
1 14 1/2 oz canned diced tomatoes
1/2 cup diced green bell pepper.
A few shakes of Cholula Hot Sauce (to taste)
1 tsp Kosher Salt (to taste)
2 tsp Cajun seasoning (to taste)

  Instructions:

  Cook Success Boil-in-bag rice acccording to directions (I use the microwave directions). UNDER COOK BY 2 MINUTES. In the mean time, cut sausage into 1 inch pieces. Place in hot pan with 1/2 cup of water. Allow sausage to cook in water until the water evaporates. Then continue to cook to allow casings to crisp up.

  Once sausage is browned, add the diced tomatoes (with juice), rinsed and drained kidney beans, bell pepper & chicken broth. Stir well. Stir in rice. Add hot sauce & cajun seasonings to taste. Add salt to taste.

  Allow to simmer until slightly thickened and rice is finished cooking.

Have a wonderful day and I will see you here later!

 
 

Coordinating colors

Some of you have emailed me asking what cardstock coordinates with our new Stampin Up! Designer papers-  well, your wish is granted!!

Here is the list! Have a marvelous day!

Brocade Backgrounds: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, River Rock

Cerise: Real Red, Very Vanilla

Charbon: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla

Creepy Crawly: Basic Black, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust

Cutie Pie: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron

Darling Doodles: Brocade Blue, Groovy Guava, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi

Dashing: Old Olive, Real Red, River Rock, Very Vanilla

Fall Flowers: Old Olive, Really Rust, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky

Flowers for You: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise

LeJardin: River Rock, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Very Vanilla

Linen Prints: Apricot Appeal, Cameo Coral, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Pink Passion

Notations No.2: More Mustard, River Rock, Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi

Outlaw: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla

Petals & Paisleys: Certainly Celery, Cool Caribbean, Rose Red, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Taken with Teal

Prints: Monochromatic papers available in Almost Amethyst, Always Artichoke, Blue Bayou, Brilliant Blue, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, Groovy Guava, Lovely Lilac, More Mustard, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, River Rock, Rose Red, So Saffron, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise

Porcelain Prints: Blue Bayou, River Rock, Wild Wasabi

Uptown: Almost Amethyst, Basic Gray, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi

Wintergreen: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Sage Shadow, Soft Sky

It's the MOST wonderful day of the summer today!

Why you ask?

YIPPEEE HOORAY  HAPPY DANCING !!!!!

YIPPEEE HOORAY  HAPPY DANCING !!!!!

Today is the day that Katie comes home!!!!!  She has been gone all summer (one of the perils of divorced parents).

I feel as tho my life has been on hold all summer and that now I can finally get back to work! (and sleep well again!)

And to top it off, check out the photo she emailed me 2 weeks ago

Morgan is on the phone right now-  trouble at the ticket counter-  NEVER USE CHEAPTICKETS.com-we have had nothing but problems-  right now they say they cant find her in the system-  I HAVE her confirmation and itinerary in front of me! oh my gosh-  after an hour on the phone-  she IS on the plane now and heading home-  I am in tears and my son is the one who took her- he said- its a good thing I didnt just drop her off and leave!

hooray! ok life back together, tears of anger and joy are shed and I am going to get some things done before getting Kasey from football practice and then our hair cut appointments!

argh! hooray!  I dont know which emotion I feel more strongly-   (well, yes its the hooray!)

have a wonderfully delightful day-g